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Tubulin
Tubulin
( + ) in
molecular biology
can refer either to the tubulin
protein superfamily
of
globular proteins
, or one of the member proteins of that superfamily. a- and ß-tubulins polymerize into
microtubules
, a major component of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton.
Microtubules
function in many essential cellular processes, including
mitosis
.
Tubulin-binding drugs
kill
cancerous
cells by inhibiting microtubule dynamics, which are required for DNA segregation and therefore
cell division
.
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